Leave things as they are.
No, the phrase "let sleeping dogs lie" is not attributed to William Pitt. It is an English idiom that means it's best not to disturb a situation as it may cause trouble or complications.
The idiom "let sleeping dogs lie" means to avoid interfering in a situation that is currently stable, as doing so may cause trouble or disturbance. It advises against stirring up old problems or issues that are best left alone.
The idiom is: Let sleeping dogs lie. It means, don't aggravate a person or situation when it is already calm or calmed down. Example: "I hate her," Julie fumed three days after a girl insulted her at school. "I'll show her!" "The principal already took care of the problem," her mother counseled. "She has been expelled for a week and won't be bothering you again--let sleeping dogs lie." "The welfare office took away $50 in food stamps!" "Yes, but they didn't make you re-pay them when you earned $300 from your job. It might be better to let sleeping dogs lie." NOTE 1: The word dogs refer to dogs, not that you are calling someone a dog. NOTE 2: The word lie, here, means a sleeping dog, and does not mean a person as a liar. One origin of this idiom is that a dog can be cranky when abruptly awoken, and can attack. So it is better to not disturb the dog.
Let sleeping dogs lie means leave things as they are and do not stir up trouble.
The roots for the phrase 'let sleeping dogs lie' comes from the Book of Proverbs in the Christian Bible, chapter 26, verse 17. In 1374, Geoffrey Chaucer used a similar phrase in the story he published by the title Troilus and Criseyde.
Men Women and Dogs - 2001 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 1-5 was released on: USA: 11 November 2001
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie was created in 1991.
No. Let sleeping dogs lie.
telling you to leave things as they are
Road Rovers - 1996 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 1-5 was released on: USA: 26 October 1996
The duration of Where Sleeping Dogs Lie is 1.58 hours.
Robert Walpole